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BOLTING REEL;

No. 382,095. Patented May 1, 1888.

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BRUNO KNIFFLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BOLIIING=REEL.

QPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,095, dated May 1, 1888.

Application filed m 12, 1887. Serial No. 231,954. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO KNIFFLER, of Gleveland,in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,haveinvented new and useful Improveenlarged vertical central cross-section on the line new in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation ofa part of the reel. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of one of the intermediate supports providedfor the bolting-cloth. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail of a portion of one of the in termediate Supports, showing the manner of securing the bolting-cloth thereon. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective showing the means provided for tightening the bolting-cloth.

A is the shaftof the reel. B B are the circular heads, and O is the bolting-cloth, all of known construction and operation, except as hereinafter specified.

Between the heads I form intermediate sup ports for bolting the cloth by means of radial arms D, secured at'suitable intervals between the heads, and to the ends of the arms I secure in any suitable manner the circular hoops E.

If the shaft of the reel is made of wood, as shown in the drawings, I preferably use socalled lag-bolts, radially screwed into the shaft to form the arms D, and by means of screws a, as shown in Figs. 4. and 5, I secure the hoops E to the heads b of such lag-bolts.

The boltingcloth is made in sections F, there being as many sections as there are divisions formed by the intermediate supports. The

end sections are tacked or otherwise firmly secured to the heads of the reel, and the adjoining ends of the inner sections are sewed or otherwise secured to a strong band of fabric, G, preferably of ticking. The lengths of the sections of the bolting-reel are so adjusted that the fabric between each section is brought directly over the face of the hoops. The belting-cloth being thus adjusted, a clamping hoop or ring, H, is tightly secured around between each section of the cloth, so as to bear in the center of the fabric and the hoop E underneath, so as to prevent any displacement of the for mer.

Each of the bands of fabric G is provided along its outer edges with lacing -hooks I, closely spaced together, and by means of lacings J between such hooks the sections of the bolting-cloth are tightly drawn together, so as to produce the required stretching of the whole.

Having thus described the construction of my improved reel, I will now proceed to explain the object and the advantages derived therefrom.

It will be seen that with my improved reel the tendency to twist is effectually counteracted by the clamping-hoops in connection with the band of fabric and the intermediate supports. The cloth can also be stretched very evenly, as it is in relatively short sections. At the same time the strain has a chance to equalize itself over the whole length if the lacing is properly done. A further advantage is that if a section wears out it can be easily replaced by a new section, and as the sections of the cloth naturally are subjected to different Wear, according to their relative distances from the head or tail end of the reel, my sectional arrangement is decidedly more economical than the old way of clothing the reel. I

What I claim as my invention is- The combination,with the shaft, the arms D, and the heads, of the hoops E on the outer ends of said arms, the flexible strip G over said hoops, the bolting-cloth made in sections, the

adjacent ends of which are secured to said strip, the lacing-hooks I on the outer edges of the strip G, and the clamping-hoops secured around the hoops E between the sections of cloth and over the strip G, and lacings J between the hooks, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

BRUNO KNIFFLER. Vitnesses:

WALTER A. BIDDLE, H. CLARK Form; 

